BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts, September 24, 2025 (SKNIS) – The Authorities of St. Christopher and Nevis will maintain a State Funeral to honour the life and legacy of former Governor-Basic, His Excellency Sir Edmund Wickham Lawrence, GCMG, OBE, CSM, JP, an occasion befitting a person who formed the nation’s future each out and in of workplace.
A State Funeral, as outlined in official protocol, is a proper and public occasion organized and funded by the federal government to honour and commemorate a Head of State or Head of Authorities. It includes prescribed army honours and follows particular ceremonial traditions. This solemn event will mirror the profound gratitude of a nation for Sir Edmund’s unparalleled service.
The funeral will happen on Thursday October 2, 2025, commencing with a Mendacity-in-State at Authorities Home from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., the place members of the general public might pay their remaining respects.
Following the Mendacity-in-State, the funeral procession will journey by the streets of Basseterre. In a poignant tribute to his foundational function within the nation’s financial growth, the procession will pause momentarily in entrance of the St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla Nationwide Financial institution Restricted—the long-lasting establishment Sir Edmund led for many years, setting the cornerstone for monetary empowerment within the Federation.
The funeral service will comply with at 1:00 p.m. on the Wesley Methodist Church, Seaton Road, Basseterre.
In an announcement, the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, provided the next solemn remarks:
“We are going to collect not solely to put to relaxation a former Governor-Basic however to rejoice the lifetime of a real monetary and financial architect of our fashionable nation. Sir Edmund Lawrence was a colossus whose imaginative and prescient stretched far past the horizon of his time. As Governor-Basic, he served with dignity. As one of many founding members of the Nationwide Financial institution and its related establishments, he constructed the very foundations upon which our economic system and the goals of our folks may develop.
He was greater than a banker; he was a pioneer of economic empowerment. Via his astute management, he created autos for broad-based monetary inclusion which have enabled generations of Kittitians and Nevisians—entrepreneurs, owners and households—to rework their lives. His legacy shouldn’t be merely within the establishments he constructed—Nationwide Caribbean Insurance coverage, Nationwide Financial institution Belief and others—however within the prosperity they proceed to generate. He was rightly revered as an elder statesman within the Caribbean banking fraternity and a key influencer of the Japanese Caribbean Forex Union.
Right this moment, as a nation in mourning, we prolong our deepest sympathies to Woman Hulda Lawrence and the household. We’ve got misplaced an enormous however we’re eternally blessed by the indelible mark he left on our soil. His work is full and his legacy is safe.”
The Authorities invitations the general public to take part on this nationwide observance and to mirror on the extraordinary lifetime of a person whose contributions proceed to resonate in each nook of our society.
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